Official Ho229 Group Build

Captain Kirk was interested in anything with 2 feet....

VanceCrozier

I'm a........

ROCKETTT MAAAAAANNNNNN.

Hi, Bill!  I want to introduce you to Ilsa.  She's not green and she's on another thread, but I think you might be interested.

I'm a........

ROCKETTT MAAAAAANNNNNN.

Was Shatner singing "Rocket Man", again?

Well that's weird... I was listening to my favourite online radio station (it alternates between Canadian rock classics, the spoken word of William Shatner, Irish drinking songs and Prussian military marches) when the feed cut out. I started getting a slightly garbled enigma transmission from Herr Mannstein. If I've decoded correctly, it states:

Nothing from Manny today, not even smoke signals. I have to assume that he is making the trip from his secret bunker to the (obviously) fake mailing address he gave to me for the Ho delivery. May not hear from him for days if it involves air travel...

Hah!

Division 6

Awwwww - who told?!

I think about work a lot when I'm home, I figure it evens out....

Darn!  If it wasn't for computers at work, the majority of the usual suspects wouldn't be able to participate.

ok,, an agent just arrived.. left me the message and secret map.. he also said I need to bring Lobster and fresh cat litter...

ooops, I knew we forgot someone.

Oh, tried to snap a pic of "agent #1", also known as Licorice, over the weekend - she was having none of it...

p38jl

wait.. ? we have a safehouse??

Uhhh.  Well.  Sure.  Didn't anyone tell you?

wait.. ? we have a safehouse??

Roger, affirm.  I'll bring the tacos.  You bring the salsa.

MAJ Mike

Request SITREP on location of HO229 cocktail napkin.  Has it reached its first destination?  Is it still enroute?

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THE PACKAGE is in play.

Phase one was initiated on April 21 at 1330hrs AST. It is being shipped via the civilian postal stream. First destination is Manny's secret lair, deep in the State of Confusion. There is still potential for the authorites to intercept & uncover our plot. If I go dark for more than 48 hours, destroy this thread & meet at the safehouse.

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Request SITREP on location of HO229 cocktail napkin.  Has it reached its first destination?  Is it still enroute?

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MAJ Mike

VanceCrozier:

MAJ Mike:

  Sparrowhyperion:

 Wouldn't that make it "The Shortest Night"?

  MAJ Mike:

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

 No, time remains the same.  The film is run backwards.  "Longest Day".  Movie about the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Guess if I have to explain it , its not funny.

 soooooooooooo it would still be the longest day, it would just end with the Allies reversing themselves off of the normandy beaches, ejecting live bullets from their bodies & heading home. Backwards.

 

When Lufthansa used it as their in-flight movie, that's how they ran it.

Then opening sequence would run like this :

the SS officer in the car would give the guy on the ground his briefcase back , get in the ( can't be a N_aziofficer without one  .. ) big, black , open topped staff car ( no doubt the same one later used by Ralph Fiennes ) and use an MP-40 to suck the bullets out of the guy who is running backwards ..........

hmmmmmmmmmmmm...........would be nice to see a photo of Manny's staff car

VanceCrozier

MAJ Mike:

 

Sparrowhyperion:

 

Wouldn't that make it "The Shortest Night"?

 

 

MAJ Mike:

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

 

 

 

 

No, time remains the same.  The film is run backwards.  "Longest Day".  Movie about the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Guess if I have to explain it , its not funny.

 

soooooooooooo it would still be the longest day, it would just end with the Allies reversing themselves off of the normandy beaches, ejecting live bullets from their bodies & heading home. Backwards.

When Lufthansa used it as their in-flight movie, that's how they ran it.

MAJ Mike

 

Sparrowhyperion:

 

Wouldn't that make it "The Shortest Night"?

 

 

MAJ Mike:

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

 

 

 

 

No, time remains the same.  The film is run backwards.  "Longest Day".  Movie about the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Guess if I have to explain it , its not funny.

soooooooooooo it would still be the longest day, it would just end with the Allies reversing themselves off of the normandy beaches, ejecting live bullets from their bodies & heading home. Backwards.

Sparrowhyperion

Wouldn't that make it "The Shortest Night"?

 

MAJ Mike:

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

 

No, time remains the same.  The film is run backwards.  "Longest Day".  Movie about the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Guess if I have to explain it , its not funny.

hey,, I did see some strays wandering up the street earlier.. the N-zis landed spys on Hancock Point during the war,,,,

( for real )

Wouldn't that make it "The Shortest Night"?

MAJ Mike

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

I think I saw Carlos firing up the grill. 

Heard Manny was going to watch "The Longest Day", but he was going to run it in reverse.

Has anyone seen my cat? Last seen in possession of a paper Ho229, boarding a small u-boat on a southerly heading, likely around NY or NJ...

bbrowniii

Mission accomplished...

I'm back in the fight...

Now I know we can win!

Mission accomplished...

I'm back in the fight...

That's great!  Thanks.  Now I have to go paint hunting for it.  Any suggestions as to the proper paint numbers?

Rich

Manstein's revenge

 

Sparrowhyperion:

 

You guys have inspired me so I found a 1/48 Dragon HO229 kit on eBay for $29.95 and free shipping and snagged it.  I know it's too late for the build but I plan on having a lot of fun building it.  It's probably going to take like a month to get here from China, but I think it will be worth the wait.

Rich

 

Primarily because of Vance, I've extended the GB deadline to 7-29-2011.  So you are in...

 

Sounds like a great bargain.  Still in all, if you need tips about sneaking it into the house, there's another thread.......... 

Sparrowhyperion

You guys have inspired me so I found a 1/48 Dragon HO229 kit on eBay for $29.95 and free shipping and snagged it.  I know it's too late for the build but I plan on having a lot of fun building it.  It's probably going to take like a month to get here from China, but I think it will be worth the wait.

Rich